diff --git a/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS b/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
index c591cae4cb..061ffe5cb6 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 * @esp-idf-codeowners/other
 
 /.*                                   @esp-idf-codeowners/tools
+/.gitlab/ci/                          @esp-idf-codeowners/ci
 /.gitlab-ci.yml                       @esp-idf-codeowners/ci
 /.pre-commit-config.yaml              @esp-idf-codeowners/ci
 /.readthedocs.yml                     @esp-idf-codeowners/docs